Diabetes Mellitus: Indigenous naming, indigenous diagnosis and self-management in an African setting: the example from Cameroon

Table 1 Distribution of study participants by some socio-demographic of participants and the composition of participants by methods.

	Research methods
Characteristics of patients	Focus Group Discussions n = 6	In Depth Interviews n = 14	Fieldwork conversations n = 21
	No of participants = 37	No of participants	Number of participants = 21
Median age/Age ranges	52 (40–75)	57 (48–75)	56 (42–75)
FGD by Gender
Male	12	6	12
Female	12	8	15
Mixed gender	13	NA	NA
Marital status
Married	33	13	8
Widow	4	2	2
Occupation
Civil servant	5	2	2
Farmers/Other artisans	15	4	4
Housewives	8	4	2
Retired	4	4	2

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